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Boudicca's "army" was a looting, raping, murderous gang of various British tribes. Boudicca herself had little control over them due to her lack of military skill. Although they greatly outnumbered the Romans, they were nothing more than a mob. They were able to do damage to the Romans and innocent civilians because the legions were away in South Wales at the time of the revolt and they were basically attacking unarmed civilians.

The Romans, on the other hand, were a professional army. They were disciplined, had armor and better weapons. When Paulinus heard of the trouble he hurried back and his well trained army of less that 10,000 men defeated Boudicca's mob of 230,000.

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